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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fixes hang in zstd compression test by changing the source of random data.
Em Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 01:55:15PM +0000, James Clark escreveu:
> Running 'perf test' with zstd compression linked will hang at the test
> 'Zstd perf.data compression/decompression' because /dev/random blocks
> reads until there is enough entropy. This means that the test will
> appear to never complete unless the mouse is continually moved while
> running it.

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- Arnaldo

> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
> index 899604d1..63a91ec 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ skip_if_no_z_record() {
> collect_z_record() {
> echo "Collecting compressed record file:"
> $perf_tool record -o $trace_file -g -z -F 5000 -- \
> - dd count=500 if=/dev/random of=/dev/null
> + dd count=500 if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/null
> }
>
> check_compressed_stats() {
> --
> 2.7.4
>

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- Arnaldo

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